Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Aireborough Grammar SchoolThe School alumni includes:
- Hedley Verity (1905–1943) an England cricketer whose 1932 innings analysis of 19.4-16-10-10 remains a world record in a first-class match.
- Brian Close (1931 - ) the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England.
- Vice Admiral Sir Richard Jeffrey Ibbotson KBE CB DSC, MSc, RN (1954 - ) who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for operations in the First Gulf War 1991.
- Marc Almond (1957 - ) a popular English singer and recording artist, who found fame as a member of the duo Soft Cell.
- Nigel Melville (1961 - ) one of the few players to captain England Rugby team on his debut appearance
- Richard Starkings (1962 - ) creator of the Image Comic book series Elephantmen and Hip Flask; founder of the Comicraft design and lettering studio and comicbookfonts.com.
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